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NPR Takes First Step To Fight Internet Royalties

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the not-so-fast dept.

jmcharry sent in an article that opens, "After the Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) decided to drastically increase the royalties paid to musicians and record labels for streaming songs online, National Public Radio (NPR) will begin fighting the decision on Friday, March 16 by filing a petition for reconsideration with the CRB panel."

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  1. Higher prices by MightyYar · · Score: 3, Funny

    Does this mean that a song will cost $0.06 instead of $0.05 at allofmp3.com?

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    1. Re:Higher prices by MightyYar · · Score: 2, Funny

      Heh, I was trying to be funny. Next time I'll use a tag, but a joke isn't as funny if you have to 'splain it.

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  2. Slashdot too? by sconeu · · Score: 2, Funny

    I guess CmdrTaco got hit with a royalty request, because I got "Nothing to see here..."

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  3. Re:This could really hurt NPR by Seumas · · Score: 2, Funny

    Man, no kidding. How are they going to spread the increased costs to all six of their listeners?! That will suck for them.

  4. Re:This could really hurt NPR by exp(pi*sqrt(163)) · · Score: 2, Funny

    this will put a severe dent in it's finances
    Dude! Your ability with logic would put even Mr Spock to shame!
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  5. Re:Hurts when your own ox is gored, doesn't it? by geekoid · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm sure all the NPR execs that read this site will think twice before crossing an anonymous web post.

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  6. Re:just one question by $RANDOMLUSER · · Score: 2, Funny

    N P Who? Who is NPR? Why should I care? Does NPR run on my Ubuntu machine?
    Duh. It's a discussion of whether NP == NPR. Try to keep up, will you?
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